It's an uncommon weather event, an electrical phenomenon known as St. Elmo's fire.

这是一个罕见的天气现象，一种被“圣埃尔莫之火”的电现象。

The most important law court is called the Supreme Court.

最重要的法院被最高法院。

Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term “downshifting” has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality.

奇怪的是，大约两年半的时间我写完两部小说后，我这个被人“慢生活节奏”的试验，却使我老掉牙的借口变成了现实。

Those bacteria snack on nutrients that float down from the surface—so-called marine snow.

这些细菌以从海面上落下被海洋雪的营养物食。

Why has it been designated as a " variant of concern" ?

什么密克戎被“关切变异株”？

Asteroids are also called minor planets, not to be confused with dwarf planets like Pluto.

小行星又被微型行星，不要把它和像冥王星这样的矮行星混淆了。

Well, at one time, the U.S. was called a melting pot, you know, which means that people of many different religions, cultures and races could shed their traditional cultural identities and blend into one homogeneous nation.

嗯，经被“大熔炉”，你知道，这意味着许多不同宗教、文化和种族的人可以拜托传统文化身份融入到一个统一的民族中。

These drug resistant bacteria are called superbugs.

这些耐药细菌被超级细菌。

This form of tracking is called contact tracing.

这种追踪方式被“接触者追踪”。

The Celtic priests called druids built giant bonfires to combat the ghastly spirits.

于是，被“德鲁伊”的凯尔特牧师搭建了巨大的篝火来对抗这些可怕的鬼魂。

The first is something called implementation intention.

第一个技巧被实施意图。

The founding fathers gave senate that power in constitution that's called vice consent.

开之父们赋予参议院这样权力，在宪法中这被副同意。

The main precursor to plastic is a byproduct of petroleum refining called hydrocarbon gas liquids.

塑料的前身是石油提炼的副产品，被液化烃气。

In Spain, people take an afternoon nap called a " siesta" to rest and recharge.

在西班牙，人们会在下午小睡一会儿，这被“siesta”，以便休息和恢复精力。

It's called the whale shark. And, as the name implies, it's huge.

它被鲸鲨。顾名思义，它体型巨大。

Call them stargazers, sun seekers, see the moonlights in their eyes.

他们被天文爱好者、追赶太阳的人、这些人的眼中能够看到月光。

A small number of companies that control an industry is called an oligopoly.

少数控制一个行业的公司被寡头垄断。

This quirk is called the sunk cost fallacy.

这种怪癖被“沉没成本谬误”。

Just as some ants farm the bugs called aphids for the honeydew they produce when they feed, so Google farms us for the data that our digital lives yield.

如同在蚂蚁圈养一些被蚜虫的虫子以获得它们所产出的蜜汁一样，谷歌圈养我们也是了获取我们数字生活所产出的数据。

Scorpius is a constellation of the zodiac, one of twelve constellations used in astrology, although in the zodiac it is called 'Scorpio'.

天蝎座是占星术十二星座中的其中一个，虽然在十二宫图中它被“天蝎宫”。